Endorsements and Notations

The new Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines - designated registered nurse prescriber will come into effect in September 2025.To give applicants time to familiarise themselves with the new standard, the NMBA has published an advance copy below.

To support awareness and understanding of the new standard, advance copies of a Fact sheet and Guidelines have been released. These documents may be updated or amended throughout implementation of the standard.

Endorsements

The endorsement of registration identifies registered nurses and midwives with additional qualifications and specific expertise who meet the requirements of the relevant registration standard.

Designated registered nurse prescriber – prescribe scheduled medicines 2, 3, 4 and 8 in partnership with an authorised health practitioner under a clinical governance framework and an active prescribing agreement (to take effect in September 2025)
Nurse practitioner – includes prescribing scheduled medicines.

Midwife - prescribe scheduled medicines.

Note: Midwife practitioner - refer Position statement on midwife practitioners.

For more information about endorsement of registration, please refer to the following documents.

Designated registered nurse prescriber

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Advance copy Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines - designated registered nurse prescriber	PDF (259KB)	Word version (223KB, DOCX)	September 2025
Advance copy Guidelines for registered nurses applying for and with the endorsement for scheduled medicines - designated registered nurse prescriber	PDF (385KB)	Word version (244KB>, DOCX)	September 2025
Fact sheet: Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines - designated registered nurse prescriber	PDF (276KB)	Word version (208KB,DOCX)	May 2025

Nurse practitioner

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Registration standard: Endorsement as a nurse practitioner	PDF (173KB)	Word version (393KB,DOCX)	1 June 2016
Safety and quality guidelines for nurse practitioners	PDF (172KB)	Web page	1 June 2016
Guidelines: For nurses applying for endorsement as a nurse practitioner	PDF (129KB)	Web page	1 June 2016

Related fact sheets

Fact sheet: Advanced nursing practice and specialty areas within nursing

Midwife - prescribe scheduled medicines

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives	PDF (173KB)	Word version (395KB,DOCX)	1 January 2017
Fact sheet: Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives	PDF (184KB)	Web page	1 January 2017
Guidelines: For midwives applying for endorsement for scheduled medicines	PDF (62.1 KB)	Web page	1 January 2017

Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives	PDF (427KB)	Web page	1 July 2023
Fact sheet: Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives	PDF (51.4KB)	Web page	1 July 2023

Notations

A notation records a limitation on the practice of a nurse/midwife. It is used to describe and explain the scope of a nurse/midwife’s practice by noting the limitations on that practice. The notation does not change the nurse/midwife’s scope of practice but may reflect the requirements of a registration standard.

Enrolled nurse notation - this applies to enrolled nurses who do not hold an NMBA-approved qualification in medication administration.

Fact sheet: Enrolled nurses and medicine administration

Sole qualification notation – this applies to registered nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing

Fact sheet: Registered nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing.

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Application for addition of notation - ANMV-40	PDF (856 KB)	N/A	14 August 2020